Category: Courts

NHS TRUST FINED FOLLOWING FAILURES TO MANAGE ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUFT) has been fined for failing to manage environmental risks within its mental health inpatient wards. These breaches were committed by North...

MENTAL HEALTH

UNREGISTERED GAS ENGINEER SENTENCED FOR ILLEGAL GAS WORK

Unregistered gas fitter Dean Mulholland Blues has been sentenced after putting lives at risk by carrying out illegal gas work at several properties in the north east. Newcastle Crown Court heard...

NATIONAL GRID GAS SENTENCED OVER MISSING RECORDS

National gas utility company National Grid Gas plc has been fined for failing to ensure its records relating to gas risers in some high-rise multi occupancy building were up to date. Liverpool...

KITCHEN FITTER SENTENCED AFTER ILLEGALLY CARRYING OUT GAS WORK

KITCHEN FITTER SENTENCED FOR ILLEGAL GAS WORK

An unregistered self-employed kitchen fitter has been sentenced after carrying out illegal gas work. Exeter Crown Court heard how Brian Squibb, trading as BKS Kitchens and Bathrooms, was...

FINE FOR A&D LOGISTICS FOLLOWING EXPLOSION

A&D Logistics Limited, a national logistics haulier, has been fined after a worker suffered flash burn injuries when there was an explosion as he opened the door of a container. Paisley Sheriff...

CONSULTANT FINED FOR PROVIDING INCOMPETENT ADVICE

A self-employed consultant was fined for breach of legislation for providing health and safety advice on technical and complex matters while not being qualified to advise his clients. Luton Crown...

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HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES

OIL COMPANY FINED Â£1.2M AFTER EMPLOYEES SUFFER SERIOUS BURNS

Oil refinery company, Phillips 66 Ltd was sentenced for safety breaches after two workers in North Lincolnshire suffered life-changing injuries from an uncontrolled release of high pressure and high...

COMPANY PROSECUTED AFTER EMPLOYEEâ€™S HEAD GETS TRAPPED IN MACHINE

A paper-milling company has been fined after an employee suffered life changing injuries resulting in a nine-hour operation for facial reconstruction. On 16 March 2017, an employee of De La Rue...

PROSECUTION OVER THREATENING OF HSE INSPECTOR

A senior inspector at Britain’s workplace regulator has stressed that the organisation will not tolerate violence, aggression or abuse of its staff after a man was sentenced for a public order...